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Then they oiroled the farm, some going - 5 miles beyond the farm wi1~hout res4t.

After they had hunted all day they returned to the Howard House where they regaled themselves in pleaz~urea of the hotel for t}~ evening.

	“Izi June of 1865 Old i~ick returned to Ellioott City droseed in a uniform of blue, showing that he had joined the Federal Army. Mr. Rueben Rogers upon seeing hint had him arrested, charging him with being a fugitive slave • 11e was confined in the ~Jail there ~ and held until the U. S. Marshal of Baltimore released him, arresting Rogers and bringing him to Baltixr~re City where he was reprimanded by the Federal Judge. This st5ry is well known

b~r the older people of Roward County and traditionally known b~r the yotuiger ç;•
generation of Ellicott City, and is called Old Niok t ~ogerè ~ lemon. ‚ ~


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